Volume 172, Issue 4, 2022-10-1, Pages OFC-e48

Articles in this issue:

1. Cover 1(with editorial board)

• Pages OFC-OFC.
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2. Information for readers

• Pages A1-A1.
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3. Contents

• Pages A2-A7.
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4. Information for authors

• Pages A8-A13.
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5. Why say “statistically significant” rather than just “significant”? a plea to rid the medical literature of linguistic ambiguity

• Pages 1039-1040. 
• Fingerhut, Abe, Wexner, Steve, Behrns, Kevin, Arrezo, Alberto, Buhler, Leo, Francis, Nader, Keller, Deborah S., Knoefel, Wolfram, Salminen, Paulina, Swanstrom, Lee, and Winter, Des.
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6. Variation in the volume-outcome relationship after rectal cancer surgery in the United States: Retrospective study with implications for regionalization

• Pages 1041-1047. 
• Becerra, Adan Z., PhD, Aquina, Christopher T., MD, MPH, Grunvald, Miles W., MD, Underhill, Joshua M., MD, Bhama, Anuradha R., MD, and Hayden, Dana M., MD, MPH.
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7. Invited commentary on: Variation in the volume-outcome relationship after rectal cancer surgery in the United States: Retrospective study with implications for regionalization

• Pages 1048-1049. 
• Hull, Tracy L., MD.
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8. Caveat emptor: The accuracy of claims data in appendicitis research

• Pages 1050-1056. 
• Duraiswamy, Swetha, BA, Sanchez, Sabrina E., MD, MPH, Flum, David R., MD, MPH, Paasche-Orlow, Michael K., MD, MA, MPH, Kenzik, Kelly M., PhD, MS, Tseng, Jennifer F., MD, MPH, and Drake, Frederick Thurston, MD, MPH.
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9. Management of choledocholithiasis in the elderly: Same-admission cholecystectomy remains the standard of care

• Pages 1057-1064. 
• Berndtson, Allison E., MD, Costantini, Todd W., MD, Smith, Alan M., PhD, MPH, Edwards, Sara B., MD, Kobayashi, Leslie, MD, Doucet, Jay J., MD, and Godat, Laura N., MD.
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10. Invited commentary on “Management of choledocholithiasis in the elderly: Same-admission cholecystectomy remains the standard of care”

• Pages 1065-1066. 
• Rockne, Wendy Y., MD, Sakae, Claire, MD, and Nahmias, Jeffry, MD, MPHE.
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11. Vascular injury during cholecystectomy: A multicenter critical analysis behind the drama

• Pages 1067-1075. 
• Lopez-Lopez, Victor, MD, PhD, Kuemmerli, Christoph, MD, Cutillas, Jose, MD, Maupoey, Javier, MD, PhD, López-Andujar, Rafael, MD, PhD, Ramos, Emilio, MD, PhD, Mils, Kristel, MD, Valdivieso, Andres, MD, PhD, Valero, Arkaitz Perfecto, MD, Martinez, Pedro Antonio, MD, Paterna, Sandra, MD, Serrablo, Alejando, MD, PhD, Reese, Tim, MD, PhD, Oldhafer, Karl, MD, PhD, Brusadin, Roberto, MD, PhD, Conesa, Asunción López, MD, PhD, Valladares, Luis Díez, MD, PhD, Loinaz, Carmelo, MD, PhD, Garcés-Albir, Marina, MD, PhD, Sabater, Luis, MD, PhD, Mocchegiani, Federico, MD, Vivarelli, Marco, MD, PhD, Pérez, Sergio Annese, MD, Flores, Benito, MD, PhD, Lucena, Jose Luis, MD, PhD, Sánchez-Cabús, Santiago, MD, PhD, Calero, Alicia, MD, PhD, Minguillon, Antonio, MD, Ramia, Jose Manuel, MD, PhD, Alcazar, Cándido, MD, PhD, Aguilo, Javier, MD, Ruiperez-Valiente, Jose A., PhD, Grochola, Lukasz Filip, MD, PhD, Clavien, Pierre-Alain, MD, PhD, Petrowsky, Henrik, MD, PhD, and Robles-Campos, Ricardo, MD, PhD.
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12. Failure to rescue after reoperation for major complications of elective and emergency colorectal surgery: A population-based multicenter cohort study

• Pages 1076-1084. 
• Grönroos-Korhonen, Marie T., MD, Koskenvuo, Laura E., MD, PhD, Mentula, Panu J., MD, PhD, Koskensalo, Selja K., MD, PhD, Leppäniemi, Ari K., MD, PhD, and Sallinen, Ville J., MD, PhD.
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13. Assessment of mesorectal fascia status in MRI compared with circumferential resection margin after total mesorectal excision and predictors of involved margins

• Pages 1085-1092. 
• Emile, Sameh Hany, MBBCh, MSc, MD, Horesh, Nir, MD, Freund, Michael R., MD, Parlade, Albert, MD, Nagarajan, Arun, MD, Garoufalia, Zoe, MD, Gefen, Rachel, MD, Silva-Alvarenga, Emanuela, MD, Dasilva, Giovanna, MD, and Wexner, Steven D., MD.
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14. Local transplantation of syngeneic adipose stromal vascular fraction ameliorates damaged anal sphincter function in a rat model of vaginal distension

• Pages 1093-1101. 
• Kishimoto, Satoko, DVM, PhD, Ishizuka, Mitsuru, MD, PhD, Inoue, Ken-ichi, PhD, Yamanishi, Tomonori, MD, PhD, Shimizu, Takayuki, MD, PhD, Kaga, Kanya, MD, PhD, Aoki, Taku, MD, PhD, and Kubota, Keiichi, MD, PhD.
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15. To page or not to page? A qualitative study of communication practices of general surgery residents and nurses

• Pages 1102-1108. 
• Krecko, Laura K., MD, Pavuluri Quamme, Sudha R., MD, MS, Carnahan, Shannon, Steege, Linsey M., PhD, Tipple, Susan, MSN, RN, CNML, Bavery, Leah, MSN, RN, Greenberg, Caprice C., MD, MPH, and Jung, Sarah, PhD.
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16. Faculty and resident perceptions of surgical resident workload in comparison to objective data

• Pages 1109-1113. 
• Walser, Eric, MD, Zhang, Chris J., BSc, Cristancho, Sayra, PhD, Lingard, Lorelei, PhD, and Ott, Michael, MD, MSc, MHPE.
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17. Smaller parathyroids have higher near-infrared autofluorescence intensity in hyperparathyroidism

• Pages 1114-1118. 
• Lee, Sang Min, BS, Dedhia, Priya H., MD, PhD, Shen, Chengli, MD, PhD, and Phay, John E., MD.
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18. Safety and feasibility of laparoscopy-assisted surgery for gastrointestinal stromal tumors larger than 5 cm: Results of a retrospective, single-center series of 1,802 consecutive patients

• Pages 1119-1125. 
• Wang, Tao, PhD, Xiong, Zhen, PhD, Huang, Yongzhou, PhD, Yang, Wenchang, PhD, Lv, Jianbo, MD, Zeng, Xinyu, MD, Chen, Xin, MD, Liu, Weizhen, PhD, Zeng, Xiangyu, PhD, Tao, Kaixiong, PhD, and Zhang, Peng, MD.
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19. Preventable operating room delays in robotic-assisted thoracic surgery: Identifying opportunities for cost reduction

• Pages 1126-1132. 
• Kenawy, Dahlia M., MD, Ackah, Ruth L., MD, Abdel-Rasoul, Mahmoud, MS, MPH, Tamimi, Muna M., BS, Thomas, Gwendolyn M., BS, Roach, Tyler A., BS, D’Souza, Desmond M., MD, FACS, Merritt, Robert E., MD, FACS, and Kneuertz, Peter J., MD, FACS.
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20. Impact of anatomical liver resection on patient survival in KRAS-wild-type colorectal liver metastasis: A multicenter retrospective study

• Pages 1133-1140. 
• Kawai, Takayuki, MD, PhD, Ishii, Takamichi, MD, PhD, Uchida, Yoichiro, MD, PhD, Sato, Asahi, MD, PhD, Naito, Shigetoshi, MD, Kitaguchi, Kazuhiko, MD, Komatsubara, Takashi, MD, Nakamura, Ikuo, MD, PhD, Ogiso, Satoshi, MD, PhD, Fukumitsu, Ken, MD, PhD, Seo, Satoru, MD, PhD, Fujikawa, Takahisa, MD, PhD, Yasuchika, Kentaro, MD, PhD, Hirose, Tetsuro, MD, PhD, Zaima, Masazumi, MD, PhD, Taura, Kojiro, MD, PhD, Hatano, Etsuro, MD, PhD, and Terajima, Hiroaki, MD, PhD.
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21. Applicability and reproducibility of the validated intraoperative bleeding severity scale (VIBe scale) in liver surgery: A multicenter study

• Pages 1141-1146. 
• Ramia, José Manuel, MD, PhD, Aparicio-López, Daniel, MD, Asencio-Pascual, José Manuel, MD, PhD, Blanco-Fernández, Gerardo, MD, PhD, Cugat-Andorrá, Esteban, MD, PhD, Gómez-Bravo, Miguel Ángel, MD, PhD, López-Ben, Santiago, MD, Martín-Pérez, Elena, MD, PhD, Sabater, Luis, MD, PhD, and Serradilla-Martín, Mario, MD, PhD.
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22. Risk factors and long-term prognosis of beyond-Milan recurrence after hepatectomy for BCLC stage 0/A hepatocellular carcinoma: A large-scale multicenter study

• Pages 1147-1155. 
• Feng, Zi-Han, MD, Wang, Ming-Da, MD, Chen, Zhong, MD, Sun, Li-Yang, MD, Xu, Xiao, MD, Kong, Qing-Yu, MD, Chen, Zi-Xiang, MD, Zeng, Yong-Yi, MD, Liang, Ying-Jian, MD, Chen, Zhi-Yu, MD, Wang, Hong, MD, Zhou, Ya-Hao, MD, Chen, Ting-Hao, MD, Yao, Lan-Qing, MD, Li, Chao, MD, Pawlik, Timothy M., MD, MPH, PhD, Lau, Wan Yee, MD, Shen, Feng, MD, PhD, and Yang, Tian, MD.
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23. Proof of concept of improved fluorescence-guided surgery of colon cancer liver metastasis using color-coded imaging of a tumor-labeling fluorescent antibody and indocyanine green restricted to the adjacent liver segment

• Pages 1156-1163. 
• Nishino, Hiroto, MD, PhD, Turner, Michael A., MD, Amirfakhri, Siamak, PhD, DVM, Hollandsworth, Hannah M., MD, Lwin, Thinzar M., MD, MS, Hosseini, Mojgan, MD, Framery, Bérénice, MSc, Cailler, Françoise, PhD, Pèlegrin, André, PhD, Hoffman, Robert M., PhD, and Bouvet, Michael, MD.
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24. Systematic review and meta-analysis of 90-day and 30-day mortality after liver resection in the elderly

• Pages 1164-1173. 
• Ghanie, Amanda, MD, MPH, Formica, Margaret K., MSPH, PhD, and Dhir, Mashaal, MD.
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25. Optimal tumor numbers in surgical candidates for multiple hepatocellular carcinomas

• Pages 1174-1178. 
• Kokudo, Takashi, MD, Ishizawa, Takeaki, MD, Nagata, Rihito, MD, Ichida, Akihiko, MD, Mihara, Yuichiro, MD, Kawaguchi, Yoshikuni, MD, Akamatsu, Nobuhisa, MD, Kaneko, Junichi, MD, Arita, Junichi, MD, Kokudo, Norihiro, MD, and Hasegawa, Kiyoshi, MD.
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26. Evaluating the effectiveness of using negative pressure wound therapy in the preservation of the infected prosthetic aortic graft

• Pages 1179-1184. 
• Chang, Chien-Hwa, MD, Huang, Chieh-Chi, MD, Lin, Chi-Ming, MD, Huang, Shih-Ming, MD, Lin, Chung-Chiao, MD, Chuang, Chun-Chi, MD, and Hsu, Honda, MBChB.
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27. Prognostic value of myosteatosis and sarcopenia for elderly patients with colorectal cancer: A large-scale double-center study

• Pages 1185-1193. 
• Chen, Wei-Zhe, MD, Shen, Zi-Le, MD, Zhang, Feng-Min, MD, Zhang, Xian-Zhong, MD, Chen, Wen-Hao, MD, Yan, Xia-Lin, MD, Zhuang, Cheng-Le, MD, PhD, Chen, Xiao-Lei, MD, and Yu, Zhen, MD, PhD.
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28. Long-term bowel dysfunction and decision regret in diverticulitis: A mixed methods study

• Pages 1194-1201. 
• Harrison, Noah J., MMSc, Ford, Molly M., MD, Wolf Horrell, Erin M., MD, PhD, Feng, Michael, BS, Ye, Fei, PhD, Zhang, Kevin C., MS, and Hawkins, Alexander T., MD, MPH.
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29. Pancreatic resections for benign intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms: Collateral damages from friendly fire

• Pages 1202-1209. 
• Aleotti, Francesca, MD, Crippa, Stefano, MD, PhD, Belfiori, Giulio, MD, Tamburrino, Domenico, MD, PhD, Partelli, Stefano, MD, PhD, Longo, Enrico, MD, Palumbo, Diego, MD, Pecorelli, Nicolò, MD, Lena, Marco Schiavo, MD, Capurso, Gabriele, MD, PhD, Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio, MD, and Falconi, Massimo, MD.
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30. Resection of the splenic vessels during laparoscopic central pancreatectomy is safe and does not compromise preservation of the distal pancreas

• Pages 1210-1219. 
• de Ponthaud, Charles, MD, Grégory, Jules, MD, Pham, Julie, MD, Martin, Grégory, MD, Aussilhou, Béatrice, MD, Ftériche, Fadhel Samir, MD, Lesurtel, Mickael, MD, PhD, Sauvanet, Alain, MD, PhD, and Dokmak, Safi, MD, PhD.
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31. The clinical impact of modified transpancreatic mattress sutures with polyglactin 910 woven mesh on postoperative pancreatic fistula in distal pancreatectomy

• Pages 1220-1227. 
• Imamura, Hiroki, MD, Takahashi, Hidenori, MD, PhD, Akita, Hirofumi, MD, PhD, Wada, Hiroshi, MD, PhD, Mukai, Yosuke, MD, PhD, Asukai, Kei, MD, PhD, Hasegawa, Shinichiro, MD, PhD, Fujii, Yoshiaki, MD, Sugase, Takahito, MD, PhD, Yamamoto, Masaaki, MD, PhD, Takeoka, Tomohira, MD, PhD, Shinno, Naoki, MD, PhD, Hara, Hisashi, MD, PhD, Kanemura, Takashi, MD, PhD, Haraguchi, Naotsugu, MD, PhD, Nishimura, Junichi, MD, PhD, Matsuda, Chu, MD, PhD, Yasui, Masayoshi, MD, PhD, Omori, Takeshi, MD, PhD, Miyata, Hiroshi, MD, PhD, Ohue, Masayuki, MD, PhD, and Sakon, Masato, MD, PhD.
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32. Development and validation of the Massachusetts General Hospital/Memorial Sloan Kettering nomogram to predict overall survival of resected patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma treated with neoadjuvant therapy

• Pages 1228-1235. 
• Qiao, Guoliang, MD, PhD, Ilagan, Crisanta H., MD, Fernandez-del Castillo, Carlos, MD, Ferrone, Cristina R., MD, Janseen, Quisette P., MD, Balachandran, Vinod P., MD, Sell, Naomi M., MD, Drebin, Jeffrey A., MD, PhD, Hank, Thomas, MD, Kingham, T. Peter, MD, D’Angelica, Michael I., MD, Jarnagin, William R., MD, Lillemoe, Keith D., MD, Wei, Alice C., MD, and Qadan, Motaz, MD, PhD.
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33. Preoperative assessment of microvessel density in nonfunctioning pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (NF-PanNETs)

• Pages 1236-1244. 
• Battistella, Anna, MD, Partelli, Stefano, MD, PhD, Andreasi, Valentina, MD, PhD, Marinoni, Ilaria, PhD, Palumbo, Diego, MD, Tacelli, Matteo, MD, Lena, Marco Schiavo, MD, Muffatti, Francesca, MD, Mushtaq, Junaid, MD, Capurso, Gabriele, MD, PhD, Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio, MD, De Cobelli, Francesco, MD, Doglioni, Claudio, MD, Perren, Aurel, MD, and Falconi, Massimo, MD.
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34. Resection of pancreatic adenocarcinomas with synchronous liver metastases: A retrospective study of prognostic factors for survival

• Pages 1245-1250. 
• Bachellier, Philippe, MD, Addeo, Pietro, MD, MPH, PhD, FACS, Averous, Gerlinde, MD, and Dufour, Patrick, MD.
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35. Multimodality treatment of pediatric Ewing sarcoma: A single-center 10-year analysis of outcomes

• Pages 1251-1256. 
• Jacobson, Jillian C., MD, Clark, Rachael A., MD, Cairo, Sarah B., MD, MPH, Murphy, Joseph T., MD, and Chung, Dai H., MD.
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36. Is there value in volume? An assessment of liver transplant practices in the United States since the inception of MELD

• Pages 1257-1262. 
• Patel, Madhukar S., MD, MBA, ScM, Wang, Benjamin K., BS, MacConmara, Malcolm, MD, PhD, Hwang, Christine, MD, Shah, Jigesh A., DO, De Gregorio, Lucia, MD, Hanish, Steven I., MD, Desai, Dev M., MD, PhD, Zhang, Song, PhD, Zeh, Herbert J., MD, and Vagefi, Parsia A., MD.
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37. Starting the conversation about value in liver transplantation: Invited Commentary on “Is there value in volume? An assessment of liver transplant practices in the United States since the inception of MELD”

• Pages 1263-1264. 
• Meinders, Andrea M., MD, and Hobeika, Mark J., MD, FACS.
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38. Optimal time to thoracoscopy for trauma patients with retained hemothorax

• Pages 1265-1269. 
• Zambetti, Benjamin R., Lewis, Richard H., Chintalapani, Shravan R., Desai, Nidhi, Valaulikar, Ganpat S., and Magnotti, Louis J..
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39. Evaluating the effect of age on postoperative and clinical outcomes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit after gastrointestinal cancer surgery

• Pages 1270-1277. 
• Lee, Jee Yeon, MD, Park, Hyejeong, MD, Kim, Mi Kyoung, MD, and Kim, Im-kyung, MD, PhD.
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40. Prehospital plasma is associated with survival principally in patients transferred from the scene of injury: A secondary analysis of the PAMPer trial

• Pages 1278-1284. 
• Lewis, Rachel E., MD, Muluk, Sruthi L., BA, Reitz, Katherine M., MD, Guyette, Francis X., MD, MPH, Brown, Joshua B., MD, MSc, Miller, Richard S., MD, Harbrecht, Brian G., MD, Claridge, Jeffrey A., MD, Phelan, Herb A., MD, MSCS, Yazer, Mark H., MD, Heidel, R. Eric, PhD, Rowe, A. Shawn, PharmD, Sperry, Jason L., MD, MPH, and Daley, Brian J., MD, MBA.
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41. Early pulmonary artery catheterization is not associated with survival benefits in critically ill patients with cardiac disease: An analysis of the MIMIC-IV database

• Pages 1285-1290. 
• Wu, Jie, MD, Liang, Qihong, MD, Hu, Hongbin, MD, Zhou, Shiyu, MD, Zhang, Yuan, MD, An, Sheng, MD, Sha, Tong, MD, Li, Lulan, MD, Zhang, Yaoyuan, MD, Chen, Zhongqing, MD, An, Shengli, MD, and Zeng, Zhenhua, MD.
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42. Small bowel obstruction after laparoscopic adjustable gastric band: The gastric band is not always the one involved

• Pages e37-e38. 
• Vicenty, Thibaud, MD, Zoratti, Valentina, MD, Ravaud, Simon, MD, and Birnbaum, David Jérémie, MD, PhD.
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43. Accidental ingestion of hydrogen peroxide

• Pages e39-e40. 
• Caillot, Jeanne, MD, Grellet, Robin, MD, Robelin, Fabien, MD, Rat, Paul, MD, and Ortega Deballon, Pablo, MD, PhD.
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44. Transmitral excision of primary left ventricular thrombi presenting with acute limb ischemia

• Pages e41-e42. 
• Brennan, Zachary, BS, Reed, Nathaniel, DO, Rajagopal, Ramegowda, MD, Barodka, Viachaslau, MD, Atwal, Mandip, DO, and Mandal, Kaushik, MD, MPH, MS, FHRS, FESC, FRCS (CTh).
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45. Physical exam reveals etiology of liver and pancreatic tumors

• Pages e43-e44. 
• Kone, Lyonell B., MD, MHS, and Maker, Ajay V., MD.
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46. About an unusual biliary cystic liver tumor

• Pages e45-e46. 
• Marichez, Arthur, MD, Fernandez, Benjamin, MD, and Chiche, Laurence, MD.
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47. A large pancreatic mass in a young adult

• Pages e47-e48. 
• Kowalski, Brooke, BS, Chotai, Pranit N., MD, Perez, Alexander, MD, and Idrees, Kamran, MD, MSCI.
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